मसक समान रूप कपि धरी । लङ्कहि चलेउ सुमिरि नरहरी ॥
नाम लङ्किनी एक निसिचरी । सो कह चलेसि मोहि निन्दरी ॥
masaka samāna rūpa kapi dharī | laṅkahi caleu sumiri naraharī ||
nāma laṅkinī eka nisicarī | so kaha calesi mohi nindarī ||
Sundara Kanda
Chapter 4: Lankini struck down, the worth of satsang
5 verses · 4 of 60
What happens in this chapter
Lankini struck down, the worth of satsang
No bigger than a mosquito, Hanuman sets off for the city remembering Narahari. Lankini, the rakshasi who guards it, stops him with scorn: fool, every thief here is my food. He strikes her once with his fist; she vomits blood and falls reeling. Recovering, she joins her palms in fear. When Brahma gave Ravana his boon, she says, he told her the sign: when a monkey's blow shakes you, know the end of the rakshasas has come. Great is my merit, father, that my eyes have seen Rama's messenger. Her doha puts all the joys of svarga and moksha on one pan of a scale, and finds them lighter than one moment of satsang.
जानेहि नहीं मरम सठ मोरा । मोर अहार, जहाँ लगि चोरा ॥
मुठिका एक महा-कपि हनी । रुधिर बमत धरनीं ढनमनी ॥
jānehi nahīṃ marama saṭha morā | mora ahāra, jahām̐ lagi corā ||
muṭhikā eka mahā-kapi hanī | rudhira bamata dharanīṃ ḍhanamanī ||
पुनि सम्भारि उठी सो लङ्का । जोरि पानि कर बिनय संसका ॥
जब रावनहिं ब्रह्म बर दीन्हा । चलत बिरञ्चि कहा मोहि चीन्हा ॥
puni sambhāri uṭhī so laṅkā | jori pāni kara binaya saṃsakā ||
jaba rāvanahiṃ brahma bara dīnhā | calata birañci kahā mohi cīnhā ||
बिकल होसि तैं कपि कें मारे । तब जानेसु निसिचर सङ्घारे ॥
तात मोर अति पुन्य बहूता । देखेउँ नयन राम कर दूता ॥
bikala hosi taiṃ kapi keṃ māre | taba jānesu nisicara saṅghāre ||
tāta mora ati punya bahūtā | dekheum̐ nayana rāma kara dūtā ||
तात स्वर्ग अपबर्ग सुख, धरिय तुला एक अङ्ग ।
तूल न ताहि सकल मिलि, जो सुख लव सतसङ्ग ॥
tāta svarga apabarga sukha, dhariya tulā eka aṅga |
tūla na tāhi sakala mili, jo sukha lava satasaṅga ||
Text source: Wikisource · Public domain (Tulsidas, 16th c.; 1925 edition, Wikisource PD-1996 tag); transcription CC BY-SA 4.0